Advertising device



June 30; 1931. QUILLIN ET AL 1,812,715

ADVERTISING DEVICE Filed May 29 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet l Patented June 30, 1931 UNITED "PATENT OFFICE or'ro 'I. QUILLIN Ann GLAUDE n. WRIGHT, or COLORADO srnmes, coLonAno ADVERTISING DEVICE Application filed May 29, 1930. Serial No; 457,390.

v This invention relates toan apparatus for displaying advertisements, andhas for one of its objects toprovide an apparatus of this character which shall be especially adapted for use in automobile and other camps, which shall be simple and highly efficient, and which shall be adapted to be operated cheaply and maintained in a highly efiicient condition at comparatively low cost. V

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the nature of which will appear a-s the description proceeds, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully deso ib d'and claim a d llustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein g re l is a se o al v ew take on a verticallplane extending longitudinallyand centrally hroug the app atus; i

Figure 2'isa iew in front elevation of the p r s; j v

Figure 3 :is a sectional View taken-oa hs vertic l. p ane indi ated by th line of Figure 1; U

Figure 4 is an elevational view of a fragm ntery po tion of the ad ertising car car ying c a n of the apparatus, and" Figu e [5 is a diagrammatic Vie o the motor and lamp circuitsof theappara u's, V

The apparatus compris a casing which is by preference he form of that typov of cottage found in tourist and her vcamp The bottom Wall. 2, side walls 3', f nt a d rear walls 4: and 5, and top walls 6 of the a casing '1, are made of fire-proof material and e s cu ed togeth r and' oi oroed by a metal frame 7. The front Wall L provided with a window 8 through whichthe adyertisements are displayed. V

A metal frame 9 is oc ed in t e as ng 7 nd ists of l we and uppe ide bar 10 and 11., especti ely, lower nd uppe ront end bars 12 and 1.3, respecti ely,- nd

, low r andn l er rearen ltars 4 and15 ,rewe ,specbivela he frame? also seiiiprises sor frame bars 10 and 11.

The drums 171-720 are similar, and-are fixed to the shafts 21, as at 23. Each of the drums 17 20 comprises a pair of heads 24' and cross bars '25 which are arrangedbetween andterminally fixed to the heads. the peripheries of the The cross bars 25 are located near heads 24 and are arranged in equally spaced relation in the direction of the circumferenceof the drums.

The drums 171-20 supportan endless chain consists of a plate 27 and sidebars 28 formed integrally with the plate, The bars" 28 ex- 't ndi lo g t d n lly yond t p t s 7 nd have h ir terminals pij otal y nn c as at29 Tho r'minals of the ba 28e s Provided wi h no hes, 30, for the r c ption o the drum bars 25 o eff ct a dr i gection be ween the -d u s'l7t20 nd the h i 26- The d tance between he end a ls o thenotohes 30 of each li k 'b r2 s gh ly le s th the di ance et n each Pa r o the bars :25 of each drum, and the linkbars to the drums l7 -20.

engage the drum bars between the drum heads 2% so as toprevent any longitudinal or lateral movement-0f the chain 26 with respect Holders 31 for cards 32 hearing advertising matter, are riveted to the outer sides of the chain links, as at 33. The holders '31 are providedwith opposed channels '34 which extend transversely of the chain and in which opposed edges of the advertising cards 32 are positioned to secure thecards to the holders. The front drums 17 and [18 are arranged rw seam H's-steps below and above the 8 o he casing f1, andthajc {if the etween these was '26 which is made up of -links'each ofwhich occupies a vertical position so as to permit the advertising cards 32 to be presented squarely before the window.

The drums 1720 are intermittently rotated to successively present the advertising cards 32 before the window 8, and the interval of time between each rotation of the drums is sufficiently long to permit the advertising matter on the cards to be read and studied. The means for rotating the drums 17-20 comprises an electric motor 35, a disc 36 pro vided with a wrist pin 37, and a Geneva gear 38 adapted to be engaged by the wrist pin and adapted to engage the cross bars 25 of the drum 20.

The disc 36 is driven from the motor 35 at a comparatively slow rate by a pinion 39 fixed to the armature shaft 40 of the motor and a gear wheel 41 fixed to the disc 36. The diameter of the disc 36 is equal to that of the drum heads 24, and the wrist pin 37 is spaced from the center of the disc for a distance equal to the distance between the centers of the drum heads and cross bars 25, to the end that the disc and drum heads may be struck up from sheet metal by the same die. The wrist pin 37 moves into and out of engagement with the Geneva gear 38 once during each rotation of the disc 36. During each actuation thereof by the wrist pin 37, the Geneva gear 38 moves out of engagement with one of the cross bars 25 of the drum 20 and into engagement with the next adjacent cross bar of this drum with'the result that the chain 26 will be intermittently moved to successively present the advertising cards 32 before the window 8, and will be held against accidental movement during its idle periods to permit the advertising card before the window to be easily read and studied.

The motor 35 is mounted upon a bracket 42 fixed to the frame 9. The disc 30 and the gear wheel 41 are journaled upon a shaft 43 supported by hangers 44 fixed to the frame 9. The Geneva gear 38 is journaled on a shaft 45 carried by hangers 46 fixed to the frame 9.

The advertising card 32 before the window 8 is illuminated by an electric lamp 47 arranged within the casing 1, the rays of'the lamp being directed onto the front side of the advertising card by a reflector 48. A source of current, which for the purpose of illustration is shown as consisting of a battery 49, is provided for the motor 35 and lamp 47. The battery 49 is connected to the brushes of the motor 35 by conductors 50 and 51 in the former of which is arranged a switch 52. One terminal of the lamp 47 is connected by a conductor 53 to the switch 52, and the other terminal thereof is connected by a conductor 54 to an arcuate contact 55 fixed to the framev 9, as at 55a. A brush 56 which cooperates with the contact 55 to close the lamp circuit, is connected by a conductor 57 tot-he conductor 51 and is carried by the disc 36 inwardly of and diametrically alined with the wrist pin 37. The contact 55 and brush 56 constitute an automatic switch for the lamp 47, and such switch is closed while an advertising card is stationary before the window 8 and is opened while such card is being moved away from the window and another one is being moved into display position with respect to the window.

It should be apparent from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, that it is only necessary to close the switch 52 when it is desired to start the apparatus, and that the apparatus will continue to operate until the switch is opened.

During the operation of the apparatus, the advertising cards will be successively moved into display position with respect to the window 8. hen an advertising card reaches this position, the chain 26 will come to rest and the circuit of the lamp 47 will be closed. After an advertising card has been displayed for a predetermined period of time, the circuit of the lamp 47 will be opened and the chain set in operation to effect the movement of the advertising card from the window and to present another one thereto. When another card is presented before the window, the circuit of the lamp 47 will be again closed.

It should be also understood that the apparatus is simple, durable and highly efficient, that it may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost and that it is fireproof.

While we have described the principle of the invention, together with the structure which we now consider the preferred embodiment thereof, it is to be understood that the structure shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be made, when desired, as fall within the scope of the invention as claimed.

We claim 1. An advertising device, comprising a casing having a window, a series of drums rotatably supported in the casing and each embodying a pair of heads and cross bars terminally connected to the heads, an endless chain mounted upon the drums between the heads thereof and embodying links having notches for engagement with the cross bars, means for securing advertising cards to the chain, and means for intermittently operating the drums to successively present the advertising cards to the window.

2. An advertising device, comprising a casing having a window, a series of drums rotatably supported in the casing and each embodying a pair of heads and cross bars connected to. the heads, an endless chain mounted upon the drums between the heads and embodying links having bars provided with notches for engagement with the cross bars, a

disc rotatably mounted in the casing and provided with a wrist pin, a, Geneva gear r0- tatably mounted in the casing for engagement by the wrist pin and for engagement with the cross bars of one of the drums, and means for rotating the disc.

In testimony whereof we hereunto afiix our signatures.

OTTO I. QUILLIN. CLAUDE R. WRIGHT. 

